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CONSTITUTION 

and the 

GENERAL LAWS 

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GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 



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"Nothing Without Labor* 



MARCH, 1922 



CONSTITUTION 

an J the 

GENERAL LAWS 

of the 

GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 

FREEVILLE, N. Y. 



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" Nothing fVithout Labor" 



MARCH, 1922 



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Printed by the 

CITIZENS OF THE 
GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC 




Antonio de Armas 

Matanzas, Cuba 

President 

George Junior Republic Government 

Inaugurated January 13, 1922 



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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 
COMMITTEE 

Virginia Brewster Frances Green 

Antonio de Armas Gregory Frazer 

Esther George Richard Kimball 



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CONSTITUTION 



PREAMBLE 

The George Junior Republic was established July 
ioth, 1895, by William R. George; he granted the 
privilege of self-government to the youth under his 
control, providing they follow out the spirit of the Con- 
stitution and laws of the United States and of New 
York State. 

Every citizen being under the guardianship of the 
George Junior Republic Association, is to understand 
that the Superintendent may make laws, or alter any 
existing law; and that all new Republic laws, and all 
nominations and appointments to office, are subject to 
his veto. 

(On two or three occasions the superintendent in 
charge at the Junior Republic has used the special 
power granted by this provision, but in every in- 
stance it worked badly. Self-government was dealt a 
severe blow and the superintendent lost the con- 
fidence of the citizens.) 
Under these conditions, therefore, the following is 
the Constitution of the George Junior Republic. 



CONSTITUTION ART. I 



ARTICLE I— LEGISLATIVE 

SECTION i 

(#) The laws of the George Junior Republic vil- 
lage are the general laws of the State of New York, for 
the reason that said George Juniour Republic is located 
in the State of New York, and its general policy is to 
conduct a village that is exactly similar to any other 
incorporated village in the State in its general operation 
excepting that the citizens of the George Junior Repub- 
lic reach their voting age at 1 6 instead of 2 1 years. 

(J?) It is necessary however that special laws be en- 
acted to meet the special requirements. Such special laws 
are passed by the majority vote in a general Town Meet- 
ing of the citizens of the Junior Republic between the 
ages of 1 6 and 2 1 , who have been in residence within 
the George Junior Republic for a period of one month 
and are not residents of the Social Sanitarium. 

(c) A citizen of the George Junior Republic who 
for any cause is obliged to take up a residence in any 
other part of the world may retain citizenship and all ot 
its privileges until he or she reaches their twenty-first 
birthday if desire to that effect is expressed by an affi- 
davit duly filed with the Secretary of State. 

(J) Boundaries represent all land owned, rented, 
operated, or partially owned by the George Junior Re- 
public Association. 



ART. I CONSTITUTION 7 

(A The special laws which have alreaey been de- 
scribed are to apply in all cases whenever a New York 
State law can not be fully applied. 

SECTION 2 

When the total number of citizens shall reach two 
hundred (200) the Town Meeting may be replaced by 
an elected Legislature of two branches — Senate and 
House of Representatives. It shall be the duty of the 
Town Meeting when such decision has been made to 
determine the basis of representation, number, qualifi- 
cation and mode of election of members of the two 
houses, who shall serve without compensation. 

SECTION 3 

The Town Meeting or Legislature shall meet regular- 
ly upon the last Monday of every month, and it may 
be called in special session by the President at any time 
upon not less than two days notice. 

SECTION 4 

Upon written notice of not less than ten voting citi- 
zens, the Town Meeting by a two-thirds vote, may 
impeach an executive officer of the Republic. 

SECTION 5 

(a) No bill shall be acted upon by the Town Meet- 
ing, or Legislature, unless a copy thereof shall have 
been filed with the Secretary cf State at least three days 
before the meeting. 



CONSTITUTION ART I 



(£>) After a bill has been passed by a majority vote 
at the Town Meeting, or at both houses of the Legis- 
lature, it shall go to the President for his approval. 
If he approve it he shall sign it, if not he shall return 
it to the Town Meeting, or Legislature, and it will 
then require a two-thirds vote to become a law. 

(c) Unless a special Town Meeting be convened 
within ten da) s af:er the passage of a law to give not- 
ice of the President's veto, said bill shall become a law. 

SECTION 6 

The President shall have power to veto rulings of 
Commissoners; said rulings shall hold good unless 
vetoed by the President within ten (10) days. 

SECTION 7 

In event the Commissioners wish to take an appear 
from the veto of the President over their findings, they 
may appeal to the Town Meeting, which shall have 
the right to finally decide by a majority vote, the 
matter submitted to it by the Commissioners. 

SECTION 8 

The compensation of all elected and appointed officials 
may be fixed by law, except members of the Legisla- 
ture, who shall serve without pay, and the policemen 
whose pay shall be fixed by the Police Commissioners. 



ART. II CONSTITUTION 9 

ARTICLE II— EXECUTIVE 

SECTION i 

(a) The executive officials of the Republic shall be 
President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, and Secre- 
tary of Treasury. 

(£>) No citizen shall be eligible for President or 
Vice-President who has not reached the age of I 7 years 
and resided at least one year at the Republic. 

(c) No citizen shall be eligible as Secretary of State 
or Treasury, who has not reached the age of 1 6 years, 
and resided at least six months in the Republic. 

SECTION 2 

(a) The President shall appoint Judges of the Civil 
and Criminal Courts and shall appoint special judges 
to try any case in which one of regular judges may 
not act. 

(£>) The qualifications of the judge shall be the 
same as those of the President. 

SECTION 3 

The President shall appoint Clerks of the Courts, 
the Attorney General, and a girl who shall act as the 
Board of Health in all cases concerning girls. 

SECTION 4 

The Vice-President and Secretaries of State and Treas 
ury shall act as a Board of Health and Police Commis- 
sioners. They shall appoint Policemen. 



10 CONSTITUTION ART. II 

SECTION 5 

The President may pardon at his discretion a citizen 
committed to the work house by judicial decision. 

SECTION 6 

All elective officials and the Judges, except special 
Judges, can be removed only by impeachment; all other 
officials may be removed by the appointing power. 

SECTION 7 

A President and Vice-President shall be elected 
yearly in November; a Secretary of State in March; a 
Secretary of Treasury in July. The term of office shall 
be for one year. 

SECTION 8 

The Vice-President shall fulfill the position of Pres- 
ident upon said official's absence except in a case of 
resignation, when a special election shall be held and 
a new President elected. 

SECTION 9 

(a) Any citizen entering office shall give a receipt 
to the retiring officer for the records and all other gov- 
ernment property relating to that department, immedi- 
ately upon his taking office, and he shall be responsible 
for such records or other property until his retirement. 

(£>) Also the heads of several departments, shall at 
least one week before the regular town meetings sub- 
mit in writing a complete report of the matters relating 
to their respective departments, to the President of the 



ART. II CONSTITUTION 11 

George Junior Republic, and the President must make 
from such reports, a report in writing which he shall 
submit to the regular town meetings. 

(c) The following departments shall submit reports 
to the President: Vice-President, Secretary of State, 
Secretary of Treasury, District Attorney, Chief of Po- 
lice, Board of Commissioners, Board of Health, and 
any department hereafter authorized by law. 

SECTION 10 

(a) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all 
laws passed by the Town Meeting or Legislature, and 
shall properly post all bills to come before it. He 
shall act as Clerk of the Town Meetings or Senate, of 
the Board of Police, and call Commissioner Meetings 
once a week. 

(fr) The Secretary of State shall during the first 
week of every June have the laws printed, also the 
Constitution and Supreme Court decisions of the George 
Junior Republic. The expenses of printing shall be 
paid by the government. The Secretary of State is 
hereby authorized to have three hundred (300) copies 
printed and judiciously circulated among the citizens or 
the Republic. 

SECTION 11 

In case of a vacancy in the Presidency a special 
election shall be held. When a vacancy occurs in 
the other offices, the President shall appoint until the 



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next Town Meeting, when officer to serve the unex- 
pired term shall be elected. 

SECTION 12 

The President shall take the following oath of office 
before entering upon the duties of that office: 

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute 
the duties of office of President of the George Junior 
Republic^ and will to the best of my ability preserve, 
protect, and defend the Constitution of the United 
States, and the State of New York, and the interests 
of the George Junior Republic." 

SECTION 13 

The President shall hold regular cabinet meetings 
once a month for the purpose of considering all matters 
of interest relating to the Republic. Those entitled to 
attend shall be the Vice-President, Secretaries of State 
and Treasury, and the Chief of Police and Attorney 
General. 

SECTION 14 

The Vice-President shall preside over the Town 
Meetings, or Senate, and shall act as chairman of the 
Boards of Health and Police. 

SECTION 15 

The Secretary of Treasury shall collect taxes and 
have crjarge of all government receipt and disburs- 
ments. 



ART. Ill CONSTITUTION 13 

ARTICLE III— JUDICIAL 

SECTION i 

The Executive Committee of the George Junior Re- 
public Association shall form the Supreme Court of the 
Republic. It shall be a court of final appeal for all cases 
brought before the courts of the Republic. It shall also 
have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases brought by a cit- 
izen against an employe of the Association. 

SECTION 2 

The Supreme Court shall appoint a Clerk of Court 
who shall receive all notices of appeal or suits. Such 
notices shall be filed with the Clerk at least 24 hours 
before the opening of the court; and not more than one 
week after the decision of the lower court. 

SECTION 3 

There shall be two courts at the Republic — Crim- 
inal and Civil — each to be presided over by a Judge 
appointed by the President. 

SECTION 4 

The clerks of the courts shall keep careful record of 
all cases brought before the courts. 

SECTION 5 

Penal servitude and prison methods shall no longer 
exist in the George Junior Republic, or in any plcae 



14 CONSTITUTION ART. Ill 

subject to its jurisdiction, except in dealing with per- 
sons sentenced to workhouse for a misdemeanor. 

SECTION 6 

As a substitute for the provisions of New York State 
enactment pertaining to punishment of felonies, the 
Social Sanitarium is hereby instituted to hold in custody 
all persons convicted of any form of larceny or other 
felony, and to give them treatment as social patients 
subject to the conditions provided by the duly author- 
ized social doctors. 

SECTION 7 
All persons convicted of felony shall be subject, in 
the courts of the Republic, to a sentence of commit- 
ment to the Social Sanitarium for an indefinite period 
of time dependent entirely upon the discretion of the 
social doctors and the operation of the conditions im- 
posed therein. Such persons while in said custody 
shall lose their citizenship in the George Junior Repub- 
lic, but it shall be restored to them immediately and 
automatically upon their release from Social Sanitarium. 

ARTICLE IV— AMENDMENTS 

SECTION i 

Each year during the first week in May the Secretary 
of State shall call a Constitutional Convention to be 
composed of all the citizens. Amendments to the Con- 
stitution can then be proposed and adopted, if passed by 
a two-thirds vote. A committee of six shall be ap- 
pointed to revise the Constitution. 



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PENAL CODE 



SECT, i— NEGLECT OF DUTY 

All officers of the George Junior Republic Govern- 
ment shall meet at the government office every Friday 
at 3:00 o'clock sharp. Any person failing to appear 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

SECT. 2— KEYS 

Any citizen having in his or her possession keys 
other than those to his or her trunks, suit cases or room 
or a building of which they are in charge, (given to 
them by the helper over that building) shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not 
less than one nor more than five dollars. No citizen 
under any circumstances shall be permitted to carry a 
skeleton or master key. 

SECT. 3— DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY 

The destruction of property shall be made a misde- 
meanor and any person convicted of same shall be liable 
to a fine of not less than twenty-five cents nor more than 
five dollars, or not less than two days nor more than 
ten days workhouse; or both. 

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Any person who wilfully mutilates, marks upon, or k 
destroys any public notice placed on a public bulletin 
in the Republic, shall be deemed guilty of Destruction 
of Property and subject to a sentence according to the 
penalty prescribed by the law covering and defining 
Destruction of Property. 

It is only in the power of the Chief of Police, or 
the person who posts a notice on a public bulletin to 
tear down or destroy such a notice. 

SECT. 4— DISORDERLY CONDUCT 

Any person convicted of disorderlv conduct shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject 
to a sentence according to the discretion of the courts. 

SECT. 5— DISTURBING MEETINGS 

Any person who willfully or unlawfully disturbs a 
public meeting shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and shall be subject to a sentence not to exceed $5-cc 
or ten days workhouse. 

SECT. 6— BREAKING JAIL 

Any person confined in the jail of the George Junior 
Republic, who breaks jail by trying to run away while 
confined, or by leaving the confinement without a dis- 
charge by the Chief of Police or keeper, shall be 
deemed guilty of a felony. 

SECT. 7— FAILURE TO FORFEIT BAIL 

If a person shall go bail for some person charged 
with crime and is called to pay or forfeit the sum he 



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agreed to pay, and is unable to pay the same, such 

person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

! subject to imprisonment in the workhouse for 

! not less than one week and not more than four 

I months. 

SECT. 8— ASSAULT 

Any person using violence on another person, or 
attempting it, shall upon conviction, be deemed guilty 
of Assault, and subject to a fine not to exceed five dollars. 

SECT. 9— INTOXICATING LIQUORS 

Any person convicted of having in his or her posses- 
sion intoxicating liquors of any kind shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment 
in the workhouse for not less than two days nor more 
than thirty days. 

SECT, i o— JUMPING BONDS 

Any person who wilfully remains away from a ses- 
sion of court when bail is set on him and sworn that he 
will appear at said session of court is guilty of jumping 
bonds. There shall be two degrees, first and second: 

First, that when the crime he is charged with is a 
felony and he fails to appear at court he shall be 
charged with a felony. The sentence shall be commit- 
ment to the Social Sanitarium. 

Second, that when the crime he is charged with 
is a misdemeanor, and he fails to appear at court, he 
shall be charged with a misdemeanor. The sentence 



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not less than one month nor more than four months. 

Any person let out on his honor and fails to ap- 
pear at the court set for his trial shall upon conviction 
be subject to a sentence not to exceed six months. 

SECT, ii— PROFANITY 

Any person using profane or disorderly language such 
as "hell" or "damn", etc., shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of $ i.oo for the 
first offence, $2.00 for the second offence, $3.00 for 
the third and fourth, and for all subsequent offences a 
fine not to exceed $10.00. 

SECT. 1 2— INCENDIARISM 

Incendiarism on the part of any citizen shall be 
deemed a felony. 

SECT. 13— TOBACCO 

Any person having in his or her possession tobacco; 
or smoking tobacco, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and subject to a fine of $1.00 for the first 
offence, $2.00 for the second and so on up to the 
1 oth offence, and the 1 1 th and upward shall be 
punishable by not less than 1 day nor more than 30 
days workhouse. 

The court may at its discretion sentence anyone 
convicted under this law to two (2) days workhouse 
for each dollar which the law permits him to be fined ; 
the court may also sentence to workhouse for part of 
the sentence and fine for the rest. 



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SECT. 14— TRUANCY 

Any person willfully remaining away from the schools 
of the Republic, without the permission or consent of 
the principal of the schools to remain away, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine 
of seventy-five, cents for the first offence, one dollar and 
fifty cents for the second offence, and three dollars for 
the subsequent offences. 

SECT. 15— VAGRANCY 

Any person without a boarding place for more than 
one day shall be deemed guilty of vagrancy. Sentence- 
left to the discretion of the court. 

Any person without a permanent abiding place shall 
have right to lodge in the jails of the Republic for three 
days, after which they shall be deemed guilty ofvagrancy 
and subject to sentence left to the discretion of the court. 

SECT. 16— VIOLENCE UPON A PRISONER 

Any person using violence upon a prisoner, without 
the sanction of the Police Comissioners of the George 
Junior Republic shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean- 
or and subject to sentence left to the discretion of the 
court. 

SECT. 17— TRESPASSING 

Any person convicted of having been upon, or having 
entered upon the property or possessions of another 
without the owner's permission or consent shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a 



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fine of not less than fifty cents nor more than five 
dollars. 

Any citizen who willfully walks upon any lawn of 
the Republic, or any place where a lawn is being culti- 
vated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

SECT. 1 8— ENDANGERING HEALTH 

Any violation of the sanitary regulations shall be 
deemed a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less 
than one or more than ten dollars. Any shop or cottage 
which after notice continues to violate sanitary regulations 
shall be tried before the Supreme Court and be subject 
to a fine of not less than one or more than ten dollars. 

SECT. 19— OBSCENITY 

Obscenity, which shall be defined as anything which 
corrupts the minds or morals of persons seeing, hearing, 
or enacting it, shall be deemed a felony. 

SECT. 20— NEGLIGENCE WITH FIRE 

Any person who is in any way negligent or careless 
with fire shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
subject to a sentence not to exceed $ 1 o or twenty days 
workhouse. 

SECT. 21— INDUCING PERJURY 

Inducing perjury shall be deemed a felony. 

SECT. 22— LARCENY 
Larceny of all kinds shall be deemed a felony. 



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SECT. 23— CORRUPT LITERATURE 

Any person having corrupt literature in his or her 
possession shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
subject to a fine of not to exceed $3. 

SECT. 24— DISOBEYING JURY SUMMONS 

Any citizen, boy or girl, who has been subpoenaed 
for trial jurors for a certain time, not excused by the 
judge, and who is not present at all sessions of court, 
may be fined by the court not less than fifty cents nor 
more than $3.00. 

After being properly and legally notified, the juror 
who shall, without apparent good excuse, refuse or fail 
to serve, that juror shall be liable to a fine not to ex- 
ceed five dollars. 

SECT. 25— AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 

Violation of Corporal Punishment Law 
Any person violating the Corporal Punishment law 
[section 79 of the Civil Code] shall be deemed guilty of 
aggravated assault and a misdemeanor and shall be sub- 
ject to imprisonment in the workhouse for not less 
than one week nor more than one month. 

SECT. 26— FAILURE TO PAY TAXES 

The person who fails to pay his or her taxes within 
three days after they become due, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to imprisonment 
in the workhouse one day for each ofFence. 



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SECT. 27— MALTREATING ANIMALS 

Maltreating animals may constitute a misdemeanor 
and for such may be punished according to the penalty 
meted out for a misdemeanor. 

SECT. 28— MONOPOLY OF OFFICES 

Any person who knowingly appoints a person to a 
second paying government position, or any person 
who knowingly accepts a second paying government 
position, or office, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and subject to a fine not exceeding ten dollars 
or imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding one 
month or both. 

SECT. 29— PENALTIES 

All sentences for misdemeanor are to be from one 
day to the workhouse to four months, or a fine of from 
one cent to fifty dollars, or both. This does not apply 
to laws which have a penalty already prescribed. 



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NEW YORK PENAL LAW 

Additional crimes prohibited at George Junior Repub- 
lic according to Art. I, Sect. 1-a of G. J. %. Constitu- 
tion. Partially indexed for information to, and advance- 
ment of, the citizens; all such references being made to 
Penal La-tv in Volume IV of Consolidated Laws of the 
State of New York (1909), Chapter 40, pages 2531-2838. 

FELONIES 

ARTICLE & SECTION 

Agreement, for reward, not to prosecute felony 570 

Aiding and concealing felony 174 1934 

Appropriating lost property, (larceny) 122 1300 

Attempt to commit a felony 22 261 

Breaking and entering buildings 38 404 

Bribery to influence officer, juror, etc. 34 372 

Bribery to influence witness 34 379 

Bribery to influence voter 74 768 

Carrying and using dangerous weapons 172 1897 

Extortion, with consent gained by force 80 852 

Forgery, with intent to defraud 84 887 

Illegial voting; fraudulent; unqualified 74 765 

Injury to government records 184 2050 

Perjury, wilful lie under oath 158 1620 

2nd offence, any election misdemeanor in Art. 74, 782 

MISDEMEANORS 

Agreement, for reward, not to prosecute 
Aiding to commit a misdemeanor 
Attempt to commit a misdemeanor 
Communication with prisoners 
Conspiracy to injure others 
Contempt of court 

Deceiving witness to influence testimony 
Destroying evidence 



52 


570 


174 


1936 


22 


261 


162 


1691 


54 


580 


56 


600 


218 


2442 


76 


812 



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Dishonesty with borrowed property 86 941 

False alarm of fire 134 1424 
Grand juror revealing jury business 

to any other person besides the court 168 1783 

Holding office without authority 1 70 1835 

Indecency 106 1140 

Influencing juror 34 376 

Injurious or false writing, drawing, etc. 126 1340 

Misconduct of lawyers 24 213 

Misconduct in use of search warrant 170 1847 

Neglect of duty by officers 170 1841 

Officers disobeying law requirements 170 1866 

Personating officers; pretending to be one 86 931 

Public nuisance against many persons 148 1530 

Refusing to help officer make arrest 1 70 1848 

Resisting officer doing his duty 170 1851 

Sabbath-breaking 192 2140 

Search warrants, without probable use 168 1783 

Threats to influence or hinder free citizens 48 530 

Unlawful assemblies to disturb peace 188 2092 



(N. B. —Amendments to the Penal Law since 1909 are 
to he found in "Laws of New York, 133rd Session of 
Legislature, 1910" and other similiar volumes issued 
each year during the period of 1910-1921 and Sessions 
133rd to 144th, respectively. 

Such amendments do not repeal or remove anything 
from the original definition of crimes herein listed, hut 
only ADD new clauses to prohibit extra things.) 



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CIVIL CODE 



By this honorable body herein assembled be 
it enacted: That the following sections be add- 
ed to the Civil Code: 

Sect. 50^ — Notice of Civil Action 
Three days after filing of notice of issue with 
the Clerk of Court, (of both Civil and Crimi- 
nal Courts) the Civil Court shall hold session. 
Written notice shall be filed at the same time 
with the defendant giving him three days not- 
ice. 

Sect. 51 — Civil Court Procedure 
The Civil Procedure of New York State 
shall govern the Civil Courts of the Republic. 

Sect. 52 — Judgment, How Made 
In a civil case the jury shall only bring in a 
verdict of either "Damage" or "No Damage." 
The amount of the judgment shall be decided 
by the Judge. 



Section numbers (30 to 49) omitted in this book to permit new 
laws to be added to Penal Code without confusion in other parts 

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Sect. $3 — Collecting Damages 
In a case when a judgment is reached agains 
any one, the Chief of Police shall collect th» » 
pay of that person against whom there is a judg 
ment and use all surplus above regular expen 
ses, including an allowance of fifty cents ($.50; 
for laundry, and regular board and lodging, un- 
til the judgment be satisfied. 

Sect. 54 — Forced Labor for Damages' 
Any person against whom there is a judg. 
ment who, without permission of the Chief oi 
Police, works less than nine hours a day shall 
be deemed guilty of contempt of court and 
be subject, in the criminal court to a sentence 
of not less than one or more than five days c 
for each offence. a 

Sect. 55 — Auditing Commissioners : 
The Auditing Commissioners shall hereafter 
be appointed by the Civil Service Commission 
instead of elected by the town meeting. They 
shall serve for three months, and shall receive 
a salary of $ .25 per fortnight. They shall 
have a meeting to audit the books at least 
twice a month. 

Sect. $6 — When Bail is Allowed 
When a person is arrested and charged with 
a crime, he may be released on bail as a matter 
of right when the crime charged is a misde- 



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meanor, and as a matter of the discretion of 
the court if the crime charged be a felony. 

Sect. 57 — Form of Bail Bond 
When a person is granted bail, he or she 
may be released, providing an agreement in 
writing be signed by the bailee to the effect that 
if such person does not appear at a specified 
session of court at the George Junior Republic, 
the amount of the bail will be paid or forfeited 
to the government of the George Junior Re- 
public by the bailee. 

Sect. 58 — Method of Taking Bail 
The Judges of the courts and the Chief of 
Police of the George Junior Republic are here- 
by authorized to place under oath any person 
or persons who wish to go bail for a person 
charged with crime and to question the former, 
as to his or her ability to pay the amount of the 
bail in the event of such bail becoming forfeit. 

Sect. 59 — Perjury by Bailee 
If a person shall swear that he or she is 
worth a certain amount of money or personal 
property, and is not worth such amount or has 
not such personal property, such person shall 
be deemed guilty of perjury. 

It shall not be an excuse for a person charged 
with perjury under the foregoing section that 
they were unaware that he or she was not worth 



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any personal property or money or both; the 
sum upon which they went bail. 

Sect. 60 — Taking Bailee's Security ! 
Only the Judge shall be invested with the 
right to compel any person going bail to bring 
the property or money to the jail. 

Sect. 6i — "Personal Property" 
The term "personal property" when used in 
the connection of going bail includes the fol- , 
lowing: anything but clothing and eye-glasses. 

Sect. 62 — Election Commissioners 
At the monthly town meeting of October 
two election commissioners shall be elected, 
who shall have charge of everything relating 
to the election. 

No candidate either President or Vice-Pres- 
ident shall be eligible for this office. The per- 
sons elected shall hold their office until the fi- 
nal count of votes is anounced. 

Sect. 63 — Things Held for Evidence 
The Chief of Police shall have full right to 
hold in jail American money, tobacco, or any 
other state's evidence, until the trial. 

Sect. 64 — Prisoners' Property 
A prisoner may have the choice of either 
bringing his property to the jail or leave it 
wherever he wishes. 



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Sect. 6$ — Holding Two Offices 
No person shall hold more than one gov- 
ernment office, or position under the govern- 
ment of the George Junior Republic having 
salaries attached thereto. 

Sect. 66 — Bar Association 
No person, except when representing him- 
self or herself, shall be allowed to practice be- 
fore the courts of the George Junior Republic 
unless he or she shall have been admitted to 
membership in the George Junior Republic 
Bar Association according to the rules of ad- 
mittance thereto. 

The aforesaid Bar Association consisting 
of those persons heretofore mentioned; 
Miss Virginia Brewster, Antonio de Armas, 
Miss Frances Green and Gregory Frazer; or 
those who may hereafter be admitted by 
them or their successors, shall have all rights, 
privileges, and powers regarding aforesaid As- 
sociation, except for proper regulation on the 
part of the Town Meeting or whatever legis- 
lative body there happens to be. 

The members of aforesaid Association shall 
make such rules for the guidance of aforesaid 
Association as aforesaid members shall deem 
proper. 



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Sect. 67 — Attorney General 
The office ot District Attorney shall be here- 
after known as Attorney General. 

Sect. 68 — Prisoner's Testimony 
The testimony of a prisoner shall be re- 
garded as equivalent to that of any citizen 
unless the said prisoner shall have been guilty 
of perjury. 

Sect. 69 — Arrests, When Recorded 
The arrest of a person shall not be record- 
ed on the police blotter, until the accused has 
been tried, convicted and sentenced by proper 
legal procedure. 

Sect. 70 — Qualifications of Jurors 

(a) No person shall be selected or placed 
upon the panel as juror, who shall not have 
arrived at the age of sixteen years. 

(b) No government officer shall serve as 
juror. 

(c) No property qualification shall be re- 
quired in any juror. 

(d) A person who is interested as a wit- 
ness or party in the case shall be ineligible to 
serve on a jury. 

(e) A person who served on a grand jury 
shall not be eligible to sit on a petit jury which 
is to try an indictment found by the grand 
jury on which such person sat. 



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Sect. 71 — Legality of Documents 
Appointments to office or removals there- 
from; all pardons and paroles; and all reports 
of any department of the government shall be 
illegal and shall not take effect until written 
and signed by the person or persons author- 
ized to sign such. 

Secl. 72 — Duplicates of Reports 
Duplicate copies shall be made of all gov- 
ernment business, except the business of the 
Attorney General, Judges, Chief of Police, 
Clerk of Court, and Grand Jury. The Sec- 
retary of State shall be responsible for such re- 
ports for one year except when he is remov- 
ed from the responsibility of such documents 
by a receipt from his successor in office within 
the year. 

Sect. 73 — Bad Duplicates Rejected 
The Secretary of State may have the power 
to reject the duplicate of any official business 
relating to the government, providing such 
duplicate is not upon suitable paper, or 
is otherwise unsuitable as a government docu- 
ment. Such rejection, however, shall not re- 
lease any person from the necessity of making 
the duplicates required by law within the re- 
quired length of time. The punishment for fail- 
ure of any person to comply with law be a 
fine of from one to five dollars. 



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Sect. 74 — Form of Proposed Laws 
All laws to be introduced in town meeting 

shall henceforth be typewritten on official pa- 

per, Si inches by 11 inches. 

Sect. 75 — Posting Proposed Laws 
All laws to be presented to the town meet- 
ing shall be posted at least three days before 
the town meeting at which they are to be in- 
troduced. 

Sect. 76 — Conflicting Laws 
When a conflict exists between two or more 
laws the law of most recent date shall be in 
force. 

Sect. 77 — Town Meeting Procedure 
All the proceedings of the town meeting 
or legislature shall be carried on in an orderly 
manner by the enforcement of the following 
rules: 

(a) All persons wishing to speak before the 
meeting must remain absolutely silent until 
called by name by the chairman except when 
seconding a motion. 

(b) All persons wishing to be called and rec- 
ognized by the chairman must rise after the 
previous speaker has been seated and all others 
must be seated. 

(c) All persons before seconding a motion 
must stand up. 



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(d) All persons who can not vote must not 
speak before the meeting unless motion is made 
and seconded by the voters to allow that per- 
son to speak. 

(e) All persons must refrain from interrupt- 
ing the speaker, unless permission is gained 
from the chairman, or when a rule of order is 
enforced. 

(/) Any offender who can not justify certain 
words used, or will not apologize for causing a 
disorder, may be compelled to leave the meet- 
ing upon a motion to that effect being made, 
seconded and carried by majority vote, but not 
otherwise. 

(g) No persons shall raise an argument 
about the decisions or actions of the chair- 
man until motion is made and seconded to 
have the assembly take a vote opposing and 
reversing the action of the chairman. 

(h) During the debate, speeches, or voting, 
persons shall not be disorderly by noisy walk- 
ing or conversation. 

(i) Nothing shall be done by the members 
of the assembly, after a motion has been made 
and seconded, until the chairman has repeat- 
ed the motion loud enough for all to hear it. 

(j) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall enforce the 
foregoing rules by publicly bringing violations 
to the attention of £he chairman, unless others 
have already done so. 



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Sect. 78 — Prosecutions; Time Limit 
Any person charged with a felony may be j 
prosecuted for such felony within one year ! 
after its commission. Any person charged 
with a misdemeanor may be prosecuted for 
such misdemeanor within six months after its 
commission. 

Sect. 79 — Corporal Punishment 
Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted 
upon any person a resident of the Republic 
unless that person is a prisoner and sentenced 
by a regular court of the Republic to the Soc- 
ial Sanitarium, or is a prisoner placed in the 
Social Hospital by an authorized Social Doctor. 

If a person has been sentenced by a regular 
court to the Social Sanitarium or is a prisoner 
placed in the Social Hospital by a Social Doc- 
tor, corporal punishment not necessarily se- 
vere may be inflicted, providing two commis- 
sioners and the Superintendent or his appoint- 
ed agent are present when the corporal punish- 
ment is being inflicted. The commissioner may 
have the power to designate who shall inflict 
the corporal punishment. 

No paddle made of wood or other hard 
substance, shall be used in the jail, that will 
leave or tend to leave any internal injury. 



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Sect. 80 — Prisoners in Sports 

No prisoner who is serving time in work- 

j house shall be allowed to participate in sports 

, with the exception of two hours on Saturday 

afternoon, conditional upon permission of the 

| keeper. 

Sect. 8i — Nominations 
Nominations for all regular elections of ex- 
\ ecutive officials shall be made at least one week 
; before the day set by law for such election. 

All notices of nominations shall be signed by 
S at least ten (10) qualified voters of the George 
I Junior Republic; one copy must be filed with 
the Secretary of State at least one week before 
! such election and one copy must be posted on 
! the bulletin board at least three days before 
! such election. 

Sect. 82 — Election Ballots 

The Secretary of State shall be responsible 

I for the names contained on the ballots and 

shall see that they have only the names of those 

candidates who have been legally nominated. 

A space shall be left on the ballot large 

enough to permit a person to cast a vote for a 

candidate who has not deen legally nominated 

and whose name does not appear upon the 

ballot eleswhere. 



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The Secretary of State is hereby authorised 
to an extent oi not more than 520 a year to 
expend for such ballots to be used during the 
year. 

Szct. Sj — Voting 
The voting for all elective officials shall be 
done by ballot; the full name of the candidate 
shall be placed upon the ballot; the ballots 
shall be placed in a padlocked box to be 
opened by the Chief oi Police, in the presence 
:: die counters oi all candidates; the said bal- 
lot box shall be in the custody of the Chief oi 
Police, and to be interfered with by no one- 

Szct. 84 — Grand Jury 
(.:) It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the 
Court to select a list of names of citizens of 
the Republic, and to deposit said list, divided 
into slips, each slip containing the name of a 
qualified citizen, who is qualified to act as juror, 
in a closed box with an opening in the lid large 
enough, and no larger, to permit the hand of 
the Clerk oi the Court to enter and subtract 
therefrom a slip. 

(b) The person who is drawn first shall be 
the foreman. The other five shall constitute 
the rest oi the Grand Jury-. 

(c) The number oi names to be drawn 
from shall not exceed ten. 



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(d) The drawing shall be a public one, 
held in a public place, and cannot be held un- 
less at least two days notice, in a conspicuous 
place, has been given as to the time and place 
the drawing is to occur. 

(e) Jurors shall receive fifty cents per 
month. 

(/) The Grand Jury shall be chosen for a 
term ot three months. 

(g) The Grand Jury shall meet every 
Thursday, and upon call of the Attorney 
General. This does not include legal holi- 
days. 

(h) In event there is a vacancy in the 
Grand Jury panel, the Clerk of Court may 
deposit not less than six and not more than 
nine names, and draw therefrom one name, 
in the same manner as a regular Grand Jury 
is impaneled. 

(i) In event the Attorney General wishes 
to have the Grand Jury consider evidence of 
an obscene nature, he may summon a suffi- 
cient number of boy citizens, qualified to act 
as jurors, to take the places of any girls who 
may be on the regular jury. With the con- 
sent of the judge of the criminal court, the 
persons summoned by the Attorney General 
shall be competent to act as grand jurors in 
obscene cases. 



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(j) The Clerk of Court must notify all 
persons drawn within three days after the 
drawing, and failure to do so shall be deemed 
contempt of court and liable to a fine of not 
less than one dollar nor more than five dollars. 

Sect. 8 5 -Assistant Attorneys General 
The Attorney General is hereby authorized 
to appoint two Assistant Attorneys General, 
one of which shall be a boy, and the other a 
girl. The girl shall act on the cases which re- 
quire the sitting of the special girls' court, and 
shall receive $.25 per week. The boy Assist- 
ant Attorney General shall receive $.50 per 
week. Such appointments must be with the 
approval of the President. 

Sect. 86 — Special Counsel 
The courts of the George Junior Republic 
are authorized to appoint attorneys for persons 
charged with crime, upon the demand of snch 
persons providing such persons prove their in- 
ability to pay an attorney from their own fi- 
nances. It shall not be sufficient for such per- 
sons to prove they are without funds but they 
must prove they are without means of creat- 
ing funds. The attorney asppointed for such 
person may collect from the Government of 
the George Junior Republic not more than fif- 
ty cents for each case. 



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The President of the George Junior Republic 
shall have power to employ special counsel in 
any case, and the fee of such counsel shall not 
exceed one dollar ($1) in each case. 

Sect. 87 — Petit Jury 

(a) The Chief of Police must summon 
weekly, in writing twelve citizens qualified to 
act as jurors, eight of whom must be boys, as 
a panel of trial jurors for all cases in the courts, 
with the exception of the girls' court, for the 
week for which such panel is summoned. 

(b) A jury competent to try cases shall 
number four persons. 

(c) The Judge of the court in which the 
jury is acting is hereby authorized to appoint 
a foreman. 

(d) The time allotted a petit jury for the 
consideration of any one case shall be limited 
to two hours. If after that time they do not 
agree upon a verdict, the jury shall be dis- 
charged and a new trial ordered. A juror 
who has acted in a case in which the jury has 
disagreed shall not be competent to sit in any 
other trials concerning the same case. 

Sect. 88 — Official Paper 
All official business of the Republic govern- 
ment shall be done on white paper and print- 
ed or written in black ink. 



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Sect. 89 — Salaries 

The salaries of the government officials shall 
be as follows: President, $2.00; Vice-President, 
$1.00; Secretary of State, $1.00; Secretary of 
Treasury, $1.50; boys' Judge, $1.00; girls' Judge, 
$1.00; Attorney General, $1.50; and Clerk of 
Court, $.75, to be payable weekly. 

Amendment of 1921 — The regular rate of 
pay for government officials shall be ten cents 
($.10) per week for each and every official un- 
til such time as the treasury of the govern- 
ment will permit the former scale of wages. 

Sect. 90 — Forms of Oath 

The following forms of oath shall be used 

for such purpose as is indicated by their titles: 

Oath of the Foreman of the Qrand Jury 
Do you solemnly swear that you, as foreman of this 
grand jury shall diligently inquire, and true present- 
ment make, of all such matters and things as shall be 
given you in charge; the counsel of the people of this 
state, your fellows and your own, you shall keep secret; 
you shall present no person from envy, hatred, or mal- 
ice, nor shall you leave any one unpresented through 
fear, affection, or reward, or hope thereof, but you shall 
present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, 
according to the best of your understanding, so help 
you God? 

Oath of the Qrand Jurors 
v Do you solemnly swear that the same oath which 
your foreman has now taken on his part, you and each 
of you shall well and truly observe on your part, so 
help you God? 



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Oath of Officer in Charge of the Petit Jury 
Do you solemnly swear that you will keep this jury 
together, that you will allow no one to communicate 
with them, and to return them to the court when they 
have decided upon a verdict, so help you God? 

Oath of Petit Jurors 
Do you solemnly swear that you will try this issue 
between the people of the George Junior Republic, and 

the defendant, ,and to render a true 

verdict according to the best of your ability, so help 
you God? 

Oath of Office 

Do you solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute 

the office of ,and that you will uphold, 

protect, and defend the constitution of the United States, 
New York State, and of the George Junior Republic, 
to the best of your ability, so help you God? 

Sect. 91 — Challenging Jurors 
The pre-emptory challenges of jurors, num- 
bering five by the New York State Criminal 
Procedure, shall be lowered to two in the 
George Junior Republic. 

Sect. 92 — Payment of Fines 
Any person sentenced to a fine by the courts 
of the George Junior Republic, and unable to 
pay the same, or any part thereof, before mid- 
night of the day on which the fine has been 
imposed, shall serve out the rest, or all of the 
fine which has not been paid, at the rate of 
$ .50 per day. 



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Sect. 93 — Sergeant-at-Arms 
The Chief of Police shall act as Sergeant-at- 
Arms of the Town Meeting, and is hereby 
authorized to arrest for disorderly conduct any 
person who creates a disturbance during a 
session of a town meeting, within sufficient 
distance to disturb such a town meeting. Dis- 
orderly conduct shall not be construed to 
mean applause in any reasonable form. 

An arrest charging a person with having dis- 
turbed a town meeting cannot be made dur- 
ing a session of the same except when the per- 
son who created the disturbance is expelled 
from town meeting by the members thereof or 
when such a person is not a qualified voter of 
the George Junior Republic. 

In case the Chief of Police is absent from 
the Republic he shall have designated one of 
the boys' jail keepers to act in his place. The 
absence of the Chief of Police shall be for a 
reasonable cause. 

Sect. 94 — Trials by Judge 
All police court cases shall be tried by judge 
only, unless the regular judge is interested in 
the case and then if it is possible'the President 
shall appoint an acting judge to try the case 
in which the regular judge is interested as a 
witness or otherwise. 



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Sect. 95 — Justice of Peace 
The duties of the Justice of Peace shall be 
to set bail on persons arrested having right of 
bail, issue warrants, hold examinations for 
persons arrested for indictable charges that 
wish them. The officer is to be appointed by 
the President and his qualifications shall be 
that he shall be at least sixteen years of age 
and shall have resided in the Republic at 
least six months. His compensation shall be 
one dollar a week. 

Sect. 96 — Weekly Court Sessions 
Court shall be held at least once every week, 
provided there is no less than one case to be 
tried. Citizens awaiting trial for a misdemean- 
or shall be tried no later than one week after 
their arrest. 

Sect. 97 — Tax Receipts 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall have pow- 
er to order tax receipts. 

The failure to give a receipt to any person 
who has paid his or her taxes shall make the 
Secretary of Treasury liable to a fine of fifty 
cents for each offence. 

Sect. 98 — Board of Health 
The Board of Commissioners shall act as a 
Board of Health and make all sanitary reg- 
ulations. 



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Sect. 99 — Civil Service Commission 

A Civil Service Commission shall be estat> 
lished in the Republic composed of the Secret 
tary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and 
the Vice-President. It shall be the duty of 
such commission to regulate civil service ex- 
aminations for such appointive offices as pre- 
scribed for in the next section may be taken. 
They shall also post a public notice of those 
who took the examinations. 

At the end of every month there shall be 
posted a waiting list of those eligible for such 
positions as prescribed in the next section. 

The Clerk of Court, Chief of Police, Day 
Keeper, Night Keeper, and Auditing Commis- 
sioners shall have to pass a Civil Service Ex* 
amination in order to receive an appointment. 



SEARCH WARRANTS MUST BE DEFINITE 

Extract from Amendment IV of U. S. Constitution 

no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, 

supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de- 
scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or 
things to be seized. 

NO ARREST OF UNIMPEACHED OFFICERS 

Extract from Art. I, Sect. 3, clause 7 of U. S. Constitution 
Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend 

further than removal from office but the 

party convicted * shall nevertheless be liable and sub- 
ject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, 
according to law. 

* The law which definitely describes one subject to arrest as 
only the CONVICTED party in an impeachment trial, naturally 
does not apply to persons NOT YET CONVICTED. Therefore, 
being a part of the U. S. Constitution, the foregoing is a G. J. R. 
law which makes it impossible for any officer (who must be re- 
moved by impeachment) to be arrested, tried, or punished until 
after impeachment. — EDITOR. 



45 -SPECIAL ACTS 

AN ACT TO SHORTEN AND SIMPLIFY 
THE LAWS FOR PRINTING 

Be it enacted by this honorable body as- 
sembled that: All the laws of the George 
Junior Republic before going to the printer 
for publication shall be reworded as follows: 

(a) The clause, "Be it enacted by this honor- 
able body assembled" or other words to that 
effect, shall be omitted from the body of 
each individual law and added only as an 
introduction to the whole collection, or code 
of laws. 

(b) The sentences which serve as an intro- 
duction to revised laws by making reference to 
that which was abolished or changed shall 
be omitted. 

Be it further enacted, that this act shall take 
effect only on and after the date of publica- 
tion by the printer. 

Vetoed by 
President Antonio de Armas, Feb. 6, 
1922; but became a law by his failure 
to notify Town Meeting as required 
by Art. I, Sect. 5, clause (c) of G.J. R. 
constitution. 



INDEX 47 



Summary of Contents 

Note:— The following are indexed according to subjects 
such as— "health, rules; violations of" — instead of the 
usual title "endangering health." references to consti- 
tution are indicated by the article and section numbers, 
whereas other numbers refer to sections in the penal 
and Civil codes. 



Adult employes of G.J. R., complaints against. .Art. Ill, Sect, i 

Amendments to G. J. R. constitution Art. IV 

Animals, maltreating or cruelly torturing Penal 27 

Appeals to Supreme Court, how made Art. Ill, Sect, 2 

Appointments, by commissioners Art. II, Sect. 4 & Civil 99 

Appointments, by president. .Art. II, Sect. 2, 3, 1 1 & Civil 86,95 

Appointments, must be written Civil 71 

Arrests, when recorded Civil 69 

Assault, or threatened use of violence Penal 8 

Assault, aggravated; in use of corporal punishment Penal 25 

Attorneys, must be members of the Bar Association Civil 66 

Attorney, specially appointed Civil 86 

Attorney General, duties Civil 84, 85 

Attorney General (his title changed) Civil 67 

Attorneys General, Assistant Civil 85 

Attorneys General, appointed by President Art. II, Sect. 3 

Auditing commissoners, duties ... Civil 55 

Bail, failure to forefeit when required Penal 7 

Bail, form of bond Civil 57 

Bail, jumping or causing forfeiture Penal 10 

Bail, method of taking Civil 58 

Bail, perjury at examination Civil 59 

Bail, personal property defined Civil 61 

Bail, taking security Civil 60 

Bail, when it is allowed Civil 56 

Ballots and ballot box Civil 82 

Bar Association Civil 66 

Boundaries of G. J. R. defined Art. I, Sect, id 



48 INDEX 

Cabinet of five meets monthly with President.. Art. II, Sect. 13 

Chief of Police, duties Art. II, Sect. 9c, 13 & Penal 1, 3 

1 Civil 53, 54, 58, 63, 77J, 83, 87, 93 

Citizenship continued after leaving G. J. R. Art. I, Sect, ic 

Citizenship, lost and restored Art. Ill, Sect. 7 

Civil action, collecting damages < Civil 53 

Civil action, forced labor to collect damages Civil 54 

Civil action, how judgment is made Civil 52 

Civil action, notice required Civil 50 

Civil action, procedure in court Civil 51 

Civil Service Commission, duties of Civil 99 

Clerk of Court, duties Art.III, Sect. 4 & Civil 84a, h, j 

Clerk of Court, appointed by President Art. II, Sect. 3 

Commissioners' appeal over President's veto Art. I, Sect. 7 

Commissioners, Auditing, duties Civil 55 

Commissioners, Civil Service, duties Civil 55, 76 

Commissioners, Election, duties Civil 62 

Commissioners, Health & Police, duties Civil 79, 98 

Commissioners' rules, vetoed by President Art. I, Sect. 6 

Commissioners, who they are Art. II, Sect. 4 

Conditions under which Republic exists Preamble 

Constitutional Convention Art. IV 

Corporal punishment Civil 79 

Corrurt literature or morals Penal 23, 19 

Courts of Republic, what they are Art. Ill, Sect. 3 

Court sessions to be held weekly.,.. Civil 96 

Crimes and their punishment Penal Code Pages 15 — 24 

Destruction of property Penal 3 

Disorderly conduct Penal 4 

Documents, legality of Civil 71,88 

Election, ballots for Civil 82 

Election commissoners, duties Civil 62 

Election, nominations for Civil 81 

Elections, when held.__ Art. II, Sect. 7 

Evidence, things held for Civil 63 



INDEX 49 

Felonies Penal 6, 10, 12, 19, 21, 22 St Page 23 

Fines, how to be paid Civil 92 

Fire, negligence with Penal 20 

Grand Jury, method of selecting Civil 84 

Health, Board of, who members are Art. II, Sect. 4 

Health, Board of, makes sanitary regulations Civil 98 

Health Officer for girls, appointed by President. .Art. II, Sect. 3 
Health rules; violation of Penal 18 

Impeachment of executive officer Art. I, Sect. 4 

Incendiarism Penal 12 

Intoxicating liquors Penal 9 

Jail, breaking or leaving without discharge Penal 6 

Jail, lodging free for citizens 3 days Penal 15 

Jail methods for felony, abolished Art. Ill, Sect. 5 

Judges, age and qualifications Act. II, Sect. 2b 

Judges, appointed by President Art. II, Sect. a2 

Judge, removed by impeachment only Art. II, Sect. 6 

Jurors, challenging at court trial Civil 91 

Jurors, qualifications Civil 70 

Jury, petit, or trial jury Civil 87 

Jury summons, disobeying Penal 24 

Jury trial not allowed in police court Civil 94 

Justice of Peace, duties and qualifications Civil 95 

Keys, unlawful possession Penal 2 

Larceny or stealing of any kind Penal 22 

Lawns, walking upon forbidden Penal 17 

Laws, conflicting Civil 76 

Laws, how recorded Art. II, Sect. 10a 

Laws, of civil government Civil Code Pages 25 — 44 

Laws, of New York State for crimes. : Page 23 

Laws of New York State in force Art. I, Sect. ia,e 

Laws, passed subject to President's approval Art. I, Sect. 5b 

Laws, proposed, form required Civil 74 



50 INDEX 

Laws, proposed, to be filed with Sec'y of State. _Art. I, Sect. 5a 

Laws, proposed, to be posted . .Civil 75 

Laws, vetoed by President; 10 days limit Art. I, Sect. 5c 

Laws, when to be printed and how Art. II, Sect. lob 

Legislature, when 200 citizens Art. I, Sect. I 

Literature, corrupt, unlawful possession Penal 23 

Meeting, of cabinet, once a month Art. II, Sect. 13 

Meeting, of officers; neglecting to attend Penal 1 

Meetings, disturbing Penal 5 

Nominations for election of officers Civil 81 

Notices, injury or destruction of Penal 3 

Oath to be used, forms Civil 90 

Obscenity, or corrupting morals Penal 19 

Office, terms of Art. II Sect. 7 

Office, vacancy, how filled Art. II, Sect 11 

Offices, holding two, with salaries Civil 65 

Offices, monopoly of Penal 28 

Officers, executive, who they are Art. II, Sect, ia 

Officers, give receipt for records Art. II, Sect. 9a 

Officers, give reports once a week Art. II, Sect. 9b 

Officers, how removed Art. II, Sect. 6 

Officers must attend 3 o'clock Friday meetings Penal 1 

Officers, not to serve as jurors Civil 70 

Officers; some not subject to arrest Po.ge 44 

Paper, official for government use Civil 88 

Pardon of workhouse prisoners. Art. II, Sect. 5 

Penalties for felony Art. Ill, Sect. 7 

Penalties for misdemeanors Penal 29 

Perjury, inducing Penal 21 

Police Commissioners, who members are Art. II. Sect. 4 

President, age and qualifications Art II, Sect. lb 

President, his duties Art. I, Sect. 3, 5b, 6 

" Art. II, Sect. 2, 3, 5, 9b, 11, 13 

President, oath of office Art. II, Sect. 12 



INDEX 51 

Prisoners in^sports Civil 80 

Prisoners' property Civil 64 

Prisoners' testimony Civil 68 

Prisoner, violence upon Penal 16 

Profanity and disorderly language Penal 11 

Prosecutions, time limit Civil 78 

Records of Government, receipt for Art. II, Sect. 9a 

Reports, in duplicate . Civil 72 

Reports, in duplicate, rejected when badly prepared Civil 73 

Reports, when legal and effective Civil 71 

Reports, who shall make Art. II, Sect. 9c 

Salaries of government officials Civil 89 

Search warrants must be definite Page 44 

Secretary of State, age and qualification Art. II, Sect, ic 

Secretary of State, duties of Art. II, Sect. 4, 9c, 10, 13 

Civil 72, 73, 8i, 82, 99 

Secretary of Treasury, age and qualifications Art. II, Sect, ic 

Secretary of Treasury, duties of Art. II, Sect. 4, 9c, 13, 15 

Civil 97, 99 

Social Sanitarium, effect of commitment Art. Ill, Sect. 7 

Social Sanitarium for felony convicts Art. Ill, Sect. 6 

Supreme Court decisions, printed Art. II, Sect. 10b 

Supreme Court, what its duties are Art. Ill, Sect. 1 

Taxes, failure to pay Penal 26 

Taxes, who collects . Art. II, Sect. 15 

Tax receipts to be given out Civil 97 

Tobacco Penal 13 

Town Meeting, decides appeal of Commissioners __ Art I, Sect. 7 

Town Meeting, held monthly, last Monday Art. I, Sect. 2 

Town Meeting, keeping order Civil 93 

Town Meeting, procedure rules Civil 77 

Town Meeting, specially called by President Art. I, Sect. 3 

Town Meeting, who chairman is Art. II, Sect. 14 

Treasury of Government, who has charge Art. II, Sect. 15 

Trespassing on property without owner's consent Penal 17 



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Trials by judge Civil 94 

Truancy, or failure to attend school Penal 14 

Vagrancy, or failure to pay board.. Penal 15 

Vice-President, age and qualifications Art II, Sect. lb 

Vice-President, duties of Art. II, Sect. 4, 8, 9c, 13, 14 

Voting citizen, age and qualifications Art. I, Sect, ib 

Voting procedure Civil 83 



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